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  1. 1 hour ago

    Amazon launches Amp, an app that lets people host live "radio shows", take calls, and play tracks licensed to Amazon Music; the app is not yet widely available ( / TechCrunch)

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Four Amazon delivery service partners in the US describe racking up debts of tens of thousands of dollars after the company abruptly terminated their contracts ( / VICE)

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  3. 2 hours ago

    DNAnexus, a cloud service that helps researchers access and analyze genomic data, raises $200M led by Blackstone, sources say at a $600M valuation ( / Bloomberg)

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Three Black men discuss the impact of wrongful arrests made by police departments in New Jersey and Michigan using facial recognition tech ( / Wired)

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  5. 4 hours ago

    Google plans to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant for around $5.4B, or $23 per share, with the deal closing later in 2022; Mandiant will join Google Cloud (Mandiant)

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  6. 6 hours ago

    Linux developers fix Dirty Pipe, a high-severity vulnerability in the kernel that let hackers carry out a host of malicious actions, like installing backdoors ( / Ars Technica)

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  7. 8 hours ago

    Axonius, which provides a cybersecurity asset management service that helps companies analyze IT resources, raises $200M at a $2.6B valuation led by Accel ( / Reuters)

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  8. 9 hours ago

    Sanctions by US tech companies on Russia may have unintended consequences in India; the West could use chips as leverage to compel China to not sell to Russia ( / Stratechery)

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  9. 10 hours ago

    Research: investments in Middle East and North Africa tech startups, excluding Israel, rose to $2.87B in 2021, up from $654M in 2020, with half going to the UAE ( / Wall Street Journal)

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  10. 11 hours ago

    AI Rudder, which offers AI-powered B2C voice assistants in 15+ languages, raises a $50M Series B from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, and Huashan Capital ( / Tech in Asia)

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  11. 12 hours ago

    Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity form Critical Infrastructure Defense Project to offer their services free to vulnerable US industries like hospitals ( / SiliconANGLE)

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  12. 13 hours ago

    London-based Thirdfort, which helps businesses reduce risk with automated ID verification, AML compliance, and source of funds checks, raises a $20M Series A ( / TechCrunch)

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  13. 14 hours ago

    Google: Russia's Fancy Bear launched phishing campaigns against Ukrainians ahead of the invasion, Belarus' Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian and Polish militaries ( / Washington Post)

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  14. 14 hours ago

    Source: Tiger Global partners have committed $1B of their own cash, at $300M+ every year, to invest in seed funds that focus on backing the youngest startups ( / The Information)

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  15. 14 hours ago

    Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream Country Music Awards on Monday, an awards-show first; Amazon Live will carry a "shoppable" version of the red carpet ( / Vulture)

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  16. 15 hours ago

    Tech Transparency Project: Amazon employs five Chinese suppliers with ties to Uyghur labor camps; Amazon: "we take allegations of human rights abuses seriously" ( / The Verge)

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  17. 16 hours ago

    Apple suspends Search Ads in Russia, putting current and future App Store advertising campaigns on hold in the country "until further notice" ( / Bloomberg)

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  18. 17 hours ago

    Cybersecurity firm Resecurity says hackers accessed 100+ computers of current and former staff at 21 major natural gas suppliers and exporters in mid-February (Bloomberg)

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  19. 18 hours ago

    Instagram removes Boomerang and Hyperlapse from the App Store and Google Play, a week after Meta announced the company would shut down its IGTV app ( / TechCrunch)

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  20. 18 hours ago

    Source: Google is in talks to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant, after a February report indicated Microsoft acquisition talks; Mandiant's stock is up 15%+ (The Information)

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